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Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Formica cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758:581 - As Atta cephalotes: - Wheeler, 1905Wheeler, W.M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135. (distribution); Forel, 1909Forel, A. 1909. Ameisen aus Guatemala usw., Paraguay und Argentinien (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909:239-269. (distribution); Wheeler, 1916Wheeler, W.M. 1916. Ants collected in Trinidad by Professor Roland Thaxter, Mr. F.W. Urich, and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:323-330. (distribution); Wheeler, 1916Wheeler, W.M. 1916. Ants collected in British Guiana by the expedition of the American Museum of Natural History during 1911. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35:1-14. (distribution); Mann, 1922Mann, W.M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54. (distribution); Borgmeier, 1959Borgmeier, T. 1959. Revision der Gattung Atta Fabricius (Hym., Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 2 (1-4):320-390. (distribution); Reddell & Cokendolpher, 2001Reddell, J.R. & J.C. Cokendolpher 2001. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the caves of Belize, Mexico, and California and Texas (U.S.A). Texas Memorial Museum, Speleological Monographs 5:129-154. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino & Coronado-Blanco, 2002Ruíz-Cancino, E. & J.M. Coronado-Blanco 2002. Artrópodos terrestres de los estados de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León, México. Serie Publicaciones Cientificas No. 4:1-376. (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); Fernández & Sendoya, 2004Fernández, F. & S. Sendoya 2004. List of Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biota Colombiana 5 (1):3-93. (distribution); Fernández, 2009Fernández, F. 2009. Hormigas. In: Amat-García, G. (Ed.). Biodiversidad regional: Santa María, Boyacá, Guía de Campo. Artrópodos: Arácnidos, Miriápodos, Crustáceos, Insectos. 165-171. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2020Vanoye-Eligio, M., J.V. HortaVega, V. Vanoye-Eligio, M. Rosas-Mejía & L.J. Estrada Ramírez 2020. Review of Occurrence of Vespoidea (Hymenoptera) in the State of Campeche, Mexico. Journal of Entomological Science 55 (3):366-381. (distribution); AntWeb, 2023AntWeb 2023. Ants. . (distribution). - As Oecodoma cephalotes: - Guérin-Méneville, 1856Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1856. Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Secunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo VII. Crustaceos, Aragnides é Insectos. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1-371. (distribution); Guérin-Méneville, 1857Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1857. Animaux Articulés. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1-868. (distribution); Smith, 1858Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London. 216 pp, 14 pl. (distribution).
Formica migratoria De Geer, 1773:604, pl. 31, fig. 11, sex not indicated.Surinam (leg. M. Rolander). - Guérin-Méneville, 1856Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1856. Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Secunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo VII. Crustaceos, Aragnides é Insectos. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1-371.:316 ( listed as synonym of Oecodoma cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)); Guérin-Méneville, 1857Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1857. Animaux Articulés. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1-868.:756 ( listed as synonym of Oecodoma cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)); Smith, 1858Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London. 216 pp, 14 pl.:180 ( listed as synonym of Oecodoma cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)).
Formica Fervens Drury, 1782:58, pl. 43, fig. 3,Musquito shore, at the bottom of the Bay of Mexico. - Smith, 1858Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London. 216 pp, 14 pl.:180 ( listed as synonym of Oecodoma cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)). - As Atta fervens: - Say, 1836Say, T. 1836. Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described. Boston Journal of Natural History 1 (3):209-305. (distribution).
Formica grossa Fabricius, 1787:309 - Guérin-Méneville, 1856Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1856. Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Secunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo VII. Crustaceos, Aragnides é Insectos. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1-371.:316 ( listed as synonym of Oecodoma cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)); Guérin-Méneville, 1857Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1857. Animaux Articulés. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1-868.:756 ( listed as synonym of Oecodoma cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)); Smith, 1858Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London. 216 pp, 14 pl.:180 ( listed as synonym of Oecodoma cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)).
Formica visitatrix Christ, 1791:517
Atta cephalotes integrior Forel, 1904:31
Atta cephalotes opaca Forel, 1904:31
Atta cephalotes polita Emery, 1905:54
Atta cephalotes isthmicola Weber, 1941:127
Atta cephalotes oaxaquensis Gonçalves, 1942:344

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Literature

  • AntWeb 2023. Ants. .
  • Borgmeier, T. 1959. Revision der Gattung Atta Fabricius (Hym., Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 2 (1-4):320-390.
  • De Geer, C. 1773. . Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm. 1-696, 44 pls.
  • Drury, D. 1782. Illustrations of Natural History. Wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera. Vol. III. xxvi, 50 plates.
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Tome I. Proft, Hafniae [=Copenhagen]. 348 pp.
  • Fernández, F. 2009. Hormigas. In: Amat-García, G. (Ed.). Biodiversidad regional: Santa María, Boyacá, Guía de Campo. Artrópodos: Arácnidos, Miriápodos, Crustáceos, Insectos. 165-171.
  • Fernández, F. & S. Sendoya 2004. List of Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biota Colombiana 5 (1):3-93.
  • Forel, A. 1909. Ameisen aus Guatemala usw., Paraguay und Argentinien (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909:239-269.
  • Gonçalves, C.R. 1942. Contribuiçao para o conhecimento do gênero Atta Fabr., das formigas saúvas. Bol. Soc. Bras. Agron. 5:333-358.
  • Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1856. Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Secunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo VII. Crustaceos, Aragnides é Insectos. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1-371.
  • Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1857. Animaux Articulés. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1-868.
  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima Reformata. [4] + [5] + 823 + [1] p.
  • Mann, W.M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54.
  • Reddell, J.R. & J.C. Cokendolpher 2001. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the caves of Belize, Mexico, and California and Texas (U.S.A). Texas Memorial Museum, Speleological Monographs 5:129-154.
  • Ruíz-Cancino, E. & J.M. Coronado-Blanco 2002. Artrópodos terrestres de los estados de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León, México. Serie Publicaciones Cientificas No. 4:1-376.
  • Say, T. 1836. Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described. Boston Journal of Natural History 1 (3):209-305.
  • Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London. 216 pp, 14 pl.
  • Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31.
  • Vanoye-Eligio, M., J.V. HortaVega, V. Vanoye-Eligio, M. Rosas-Mejía & L.J. Estrada Ramírez 2020. Review of Occurrence of Vespoidea (Hymenoptera) in the State of Campeche, Mexico. Journal of Entomological Science 55 (3):366-381.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1916. Ants collected in Trinidad by Professor Roland Thaxter, Mr. F.W. Urich, and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:323-330.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1916. Ants collected in British Guiana by the expedition of the American Museum of Natural History during 1911. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35:1-14.